Brain regions that control attention

Question 1

Voluntary/endogenous control

Answer 1

Dorsal frontalparietal network:
- Superior parietal lobe (SPL)
- Frontal eye fields (FEFs)
- Middle frontal gyrus (MFG)

Question 2

Involuntary/exogenous

Answer 2

Right-lateralized ventral frontoparietal network:
- Temporoparietal junction (TPJ)
- Inferior frontal gyrus (IFG)
- Middle frontal gyrus (MFG)

Question 3

Default mode

Answer 3

Medial frontoparietal network;
- Posterior cingulate cortex (PCC)
- Medial prefrontal cortex (MPF)
- Angular gyrus (AG)

Question 4

researched

Answer 4

Checking overlap in active areas. Overall the dorsal is more voluntary, the ventral mor involuntary. The default is active when subjects lay in eg fMRI and do nothing. Attention directed inwards